Woori and Shinhan will pay about 50% of principal invested in three suspended Lime funds, preemptively, while the FSS decides on a final compensation ratio.
Samsung's de facto head, Lee Jae-yong, and two of his senior lieutenants could face charges of illegal trading and stock price manipulation, among other charges.
A civil forfeiture complaint alleges that Kenneth Zong, a US citizen held in Korea, conspired with Iranian nationals in 2011 to launder $1bn through the UAE and other countries.
KRX will also launch a centralised platform where investors can obtain the investment information and disclosures of each bond, as it seeks to bolster ESG bond markets.
The airline, shipping and other hard-hit industries will be eligible for financial support from the fund if they have more than 500bn won in debt and over 300 employees.
Korea's GDP shrank 1.4% year-on-year from January to March period, its biggest quarterly decline since the 2008 global financial crisis.
In a welcome speech for Online Korea Fintech Week, FSC chairman Eun Sung-soo said the regulator will pursue innovation based on three main pillars.
FSS governor Yoon Suk-heun said financial firms should brace for a "prolonged fallout of Covid-19" and focus on boosting internal reserves and loss absorbency capacity.
The updated system will allow account customers to switch their monthly automatic payments between first- and second-tier financial firms for handling.
The raft of government measures designed to stave off corporate raiders is unlikely to abate soon, compliance practitioners say.
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